The GNU Standard C++ Library
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   The GNU Standard C++ Library (also called the "GNU ANSI C++ Library"
in places in the code) is not libg++, though it is included in the
libg++ distribution.  Rather, it contains classes and functions
required by the ANSI/ISO standard.  The copyright conditions are the
same as those for for the iostreams classes; the LGPL is not used
(See legalities).

   This library, libstdc++, is in the libg++ distribution in versions
2.6.2 and later.  It requires at least gcc 2.6.3 to build the
libg++-2.6.2 version; use at least gcc 2.7.0 to build the libg++ 2.7.0
version.  It contains a hacked-up version of HP's implementation of the
Standard Template Library (see See Standard Template Library).  I've
successfully used this Standard Template Library version to build a
number of the demos you'll see on various web pages.

   As of version 2.7.0, the streams classes are now in libstdc++
instead of libg++, and libiostream is being phased out (don't use it).
The g++ program searches this library.